Leaping Up Sliding Away

By (author): Kent Thompson

Leaping Up Sliding Away illustrates Thompson’s passion for the “postcard story” — very short stories characterized by suggestion, resonance, and openness. Stories that draw the reader in… and then leave him wondering, questioning.

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Kent Thompson

Kent Thompson was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and now lives in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. He is the author of Biking to Blissville: A Cycling Guide to the Maritimes and the Magdalene Islands (1993) and several works of fiction, including Shacking Up and Playing in the Dark. His collection of popular essays, Getting Out of Town by Book & Bike, won the Evelyn Richardson Prize for non-fiction in 2002.


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Leaping Up Sliding Away illustrates Thompson’s passion for the “postcard story” — very short stories characterized by suggestion, resonance, and openness. Stories that draw the reader in . . . and then leave him wondering, questioning.

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Leaping Up Sliding Away illustrates Thompson’s passion for the “postcard story” — very short stories characterized by suggestion, resonance, and openness. Stories that draw the reader in… and then leave him wondering, questioning.

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Dimensions:

96 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 0.28in
190gr

Published:

January 01, 1986

Publisher:

Goose Lane Editions

ISBN:

9780864920805

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Short Stories

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Language:

eng

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